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2025-02-12 Government Corruption
FEMA employees fired over ''egregious'' payment for NYC migrants
[NYPOST] Four Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) employees have been fired for sending $59 million to New York City to house and care for illegal migrants colonists, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

''Effective immediately, FEMA is terminating the employment of four individuals for circumventing leadership to unilaterally make egregious payments for luxury NYC hotels for migrants colonists,'' DHS officials said in a statement obtained by The Post.

The firings, first reported by Fox, include FEMA's Chief Financial Officer, two program analysts and a grant specialist.

''Under President Trump and Secretary Noem's leadership, DHS will not sit idly and allow deep state activists to undermine the will and safety of the American people,'' the statement added.

The massive payment was blasted by Elon Musk, whose new Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, highlighted the transaction on Monday.

''That money is meant for American disaster relief and instead is being spent on high-end hotels for illegals,'' Musk posted on X on Monday — and promised DOGE would be making ''a clawback demand — to recoup those funds.''

Cameron Hamilton, FEMA's acting administrator, said in response that FEMA had suspended payments sent to New York City to house migrants colonists beginning on Monday.

New York City Hall officials have said they have not been notified of any pause in funding and that no one has contacted them regarding Musk's clawback demand.
Courtesy of DarthVader, Ace of Spades names FEMA's Chief Financial Officer as Mary Coman, adding :
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…and work 24/7.
AAAAAA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
And they’re working for free.
Posted by Fred 2025-02-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11147 views ]  Top

#1 They only fired four...And why aren't they in jail?
Posted by Oregon Dave 2025-02-12 01:32||   2025-02-12 01:32|| Front Page Top

#2 Now we will have the push snd pull to rehire, jail or give them a settlement. It will be a classic DC saga like Page and Strzok.
Posted by Super Hose 2025-02-12 05:55||   2025-02-12 05:55|| Front Page Top

#3 "Page and Strzok".....should be serving long sentences somewhere hot, damp, and most unpleasant.
Posted by Besoeker 2025-02-12 06:13||   2025-02-12 06:13|| Front Page Top

#4 FEMA emergency food and shelter budget ballooned from $130M to $640M under Biden
Posted by Skidmark 2025-02-12 09:55||   2025-02-12 09:55|| Front Page Top

#5 It's all OK, we were paying extra...to Pakistan
Not only were we paying double the usual occupancy rates, but this hotel is literally owned by the government of Pakistan.
Posted by Frank G 2025-02-12 16:45||   2025-02-12 16:45|| Front Page Top

#6 but this hotel is literally owned by the government of Pakistan.

Oooh, good plot twist! If this was a movie, we would definitely have to add that in.
Posted by SteveS 2025-02-12 17:29||   2025-02-12 17:29|| Front Page Top

#7 ^ "What are you? Raaaayyccis?"
/Debbie Wasserface Schultz
Posted by Frank G 2025-02-12 17:55||   2025-02-12 17:55|| Front Page Top

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